Pictures from (field) Work in St Lucia

[miffikins]

Hey all! Just thought I'd share a few pictures I've taken since working with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in St Lucia.

First up, the lovely St Lucian Iguana, it hasn't yet been discerned whether it is a subspecies of Iguana iguana or a seperate species altogether, gorgeous animals all the same.



This is a female St Lucian Whiptail, Cnemidophorus vanzoi, which is a macro-teiid. Males are very bright but I've not yet got a decent enough picture.



Probably one of the rarest snake species in the world, the St Lucian racer/Maria Island Snake, Liophis ornatus, this little dude was having a soak in the hollow in a tree.



The whiptail and the racer only occur on the Maria islands (below) which are tiny. The whiptail has 2 genetically distinct populations, 1 on Maria Minor and one on Maria Major, and the racer only occurs on Maria Major. As you can see, the islands are tiny, thus making the populations very fragile.



Here's one for the invert people. Unknown tarantula that I nearly trod on in Quilesse Rainforest Reserve. About as big as my hand span.



I have got a load more that I will post when I have the time! Hope you like them

Kate

[miffikins]

Originally Posted by miffikins

Hey all! Just thought I'd share a few pictures I've taken since working with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in St Lucia.

First up, the lovely St Lucian Iguana, it hasn't yet been discerned whether it is a subspecies of Iguana iguana or a seperate species altogether, gorgeous animals all the same.



This is a female St Lucian Whiptail, Cnemidophorus vanzoi, which is a macro-teiid. Males are very bright but I've not yet got a decent enough picture.



Probably one of the rarest snake species in the world, the St Lucian racer/Maria Island Snake, Liophis ornatus, this little dude was having a soak in the hollow in a tree.



The whiptail and the racer only occur on the Maria islands (below) which are tiny. The whiptail has 2 genetically distinct populations, 1 on Maria Minor and one on Maria Major, and the racer only occurs on Maria Major. As you can see, the islands are tiny, thus making the populations very fragile.



Here's one for the invert people. Unknown tarantula that I nearly trod on in Quilesse Rainforest Reserve. About as big as my hand span.



I have got a load more that I will post when I have the time! Hope you like them

Kate

Sorry the photos arn't great quality, I'm taking donations for a better camera!

[tick]

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay been waiting for these pics so hows you?

Guess what i got oooooooohh yes 1.1 Kimberly's we want more pics than that come on

And no i'm not jealous

[miffikins]

Originally Posted by tick

Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay been waiting for these pics so hows you?

Guess what i got oooooooohh yes 1.1 Kimberly's we want more pics than that come on

And no i'm not jealous

So is that another list for babies I'm going on the top of. I realise that sounds wrong, but you know what I mean

I do have more pics, I only have til my washing has finished on the internet but I'll try and get some more uploaded just for you Max!

[miffikins]

Ok so this is Sphaerodactylus....I really can't remember the species name off the top of my head!



This is a REALLY big spider that was in our house, bigger leg span than the tarantula



This is a male Anolis Luciae displaying at another male



This Gymnopthalmus pleei, a microteiid, but they look like mini skinks!



And this is another female whiptail from last week when we collected 20 of them and relocated them to another offshore island. We weighed, measured, marked and took DNA samples from them. And got bitten and crapped on aswell.

[Papscrunt]

amazing iggy
Bet u luv ur job

[tick]

Originally Posted by miffikins

So is that another list for babies I'm going on the top of. I realise that sounds wrong, but you know what I mean

I do have more pics, I only have til my washing has finished on the internet but I'll try and get some more uploaded just for you Max!

If i had a list and wasnt married and you really asked me nicley you could go on the top of the list for a baby but lets keep that to 18+But seriously yes if you want.Wheres pics of you? Is that you holding the lizard with muddy hands?

[miffikins]

Originally Posted by tick

If i had a list and wasnt married and you really asked me nicley you could go on the top of the list for a baby but lets keep that to 18+But seriously yes if you want.Wheres pics of you? Is that you holding the lizard with muddy hands?

Haha! Men only think of one thing don't they eh?! Not that women are much far behind...anyway. Yes, they are my muddy hands! I get covered in mud everytime we go out as I'm really good at falling over into rivers and down ridges and especially good at falling into holes in banana plantations

Ok so here is me working *ahem*, just so you know, its very hot and humid so I spend the majority of my time looking like a hobo, please don't judge my grubbyness! *waits for photobucket to upload*





Notice the farmers tan...




There are many more but most are too awful to share

[tick]

Nice little green lizard

[Andy]

excellent stuff bet its brilliant working out there. How'd you go about getting work there?